"That concludes the first meeting of the new prefects," the headmaster's voice said in a secret chamber none of the students had ever seen before. "Remember your responsibilities and your new position." After a few moment of silence, people got up and left.
"Hi, I'm the other prefect for Gryffindor, Freddy," said a boy with brown wavy hair and a lot of freckles. He was a little short, but otherwise average looking. "You're Lily and Remus, right?"
"Yes, hello Freddy," Lily said shaking his hand. "Do you know the other prefect?"
"Olivia? Sure do," Freddy said. "We're partners in Potions this year. There she is now. Hey, Olivia!" Freddy called over a tall blonde with glasses. She seemed to tower over everyone else, even though she was only a few inches taller.
"Hi," Olivia said shyly. "I'm Olivia Perry." Despite her height, she seemed very shy. She did seem uncomfortable when Freddy called her over, thinking somebody somewhere might see her.
"I'm Remus Lupin, and this is Lily Evans," Remus said introducing himself and Lily. After all introductions and hand shaking were done, there was a bit of an awkward moment.
"So…isn't it all exciting? Being a prefect and all, I mean," Lily gushed. She was still extremely happy at all that had happened that day.
"I suppose," Freddy said. "I suppose it will look good when I try to get an internship at the Ministry. I was to be Head of Games Department, or whatever the official name is."
"I think it's okay," Olivia said, trying to say the least possible and still answer the question well. That was the sort of person Olivia was.
"I agree with Freddy. It will bring great opportunities in the future. Not everybody can be a prefect at Hogwarts," Remus said.
"Well obviously. Otherwise it would show no authority," Olivia said, showing assertiveness fort he first time since Lily and Remus had met her. "I mean, just think about it. If everyone were a prefect, they'd have to come up with another position like Super Prefect to have the same position and authority as a regular prefect now." Olivia blushed when she realized all the attention she was getting. "But…that's just my own little theory."
"Theory is the most commonly misused word in the English language," Remus sighed. "How can it be a theory without decades of support from proper experiments?"
"I agree that theory may be a commonly misused word," Olivia said, "but I beg to differ the part about the most commonly misused word." Remus and Olivia went on to have a very intellectual conversation that Freddy and Lily could not taker a part in, not matter how hard they tried. It didn't really matter, since Lily and Freddy could think of a thousand better conversations that one about the most commonly misused word in the English language.
"So, you're the infamous Lily Evans?" Freddy asked smiling.
"I suppose. I must confess, I've never been called infamous to my face before," Lily said. "I always hear about the infamous Sirius Black and James Potter, but never the infamous Lily Potter."
"Did you just say Lily Potter?" Freddy asked in mock-shock.
"Did I?" Lily asked blushing. "Well, just a slip of the tongue, I suppose."
"Do you want to marry James?" Freddy asked.
"Enough questions about me," Lily said, starting to feel uncomfortable. "What about you? Do you have a girlfriend?"
"Hey, you're already taken!" Freddy said putting up his hands like a criminal. Lily laughed.
"I'm just curious, for Pete's sake," Lily said. "Fine, do you have any siblings?"
"Only child," Freddy said. "At least, for another couple of months."
"Oh! You're mother is having a baby?" Lily said excitedly.
"Well, my stepmother, yes," Freddy said. "I'll have a step-sibling soon."
"Are you happy?" Lily asked.
"Sure." Freddy shrugged.
"You don't sound happy," Lily said.
"I guess I'm just so used to being the only child," Freddy said. "I'll have to adjust, y'know? But it will be okay."
"Yeah, I guess," Lily said. "I totally have to adjust to my sister marrying a Muggle who hates me because I'm a witch."
"Funny, I have a brother marrying a Muggle who hates me because I'm a wizard," Freddy said laughing. "Vernon can be so weird sometimes. He even wanted me to change my name when I came here so nobody would know I was related to him. So from Dursley, we got Cooper."
"Vernon Dursley?" Lily said in such a surprise. "My sister, Petunia Evans is marrying him!"
"You mean you're related to Petunia?" Freddy said with as much shock as Lily had. "I mean, I recognized your last name was the same as hers, but I figured it was just common."
"I wouldn't even be able to recognize yours," Lily said laughing. "Seriously, I should change my name so nobody knows I'm related to Petunia."
"Change it to Cooper," Freddy said laughing. The two were still laughing when Remus and Olivia walked back over.
"So, as you can see, 'starving' really is the most commonly misused word," Olivia was saying.
"I still believe that 'theory' is the most commonly misused word, though I agree that 'starving' is a commonly misused word," Remus tried to reason with her.
Lily suddenly found a way to get into the 'smart' conversation. "What about the word 'love'? People are always saying they love things or other people and they don't really mean it," Lily said, feeling very intelligent.
"You make a good point, Lily," Olivia said after a moment of silence. Remus gaped at her and Freddy was holding back laughter.
"What?" Lily asked the group.
"Well, I never thought you were dare say it, I always had an idea, but to say it here, out loud," Remus rambled on. "Really, Lily, I thought you had more tack than that!" Remus was at a lost for words and just walked out.
"What did I do?" Lily asked again in complete confusion.
"Maybe you will change your name to Copper," Freddy said. "Since obviously you won't be changing it to Potter." Freddy chuckled at himself and walked away.
"Olivia, what does he mean?" Lily asked.
"I believe Remus took that as if you are saying you only told James you loved him because he told you he loved you," Olivia said. "In other words, you don't love James and you are merely pretending. You also happened to make him think that he proved his idea right. I'm only assuming that his idea was that you never loved him as much as you said you did. I must say, it is a very good way to prove the old proverb, 'Your actions talks louder than your voice,' or rather what you do overrides what you say." Olivia sighed and walked leaving Lily alone in the Dining Hall. Lily sighed at all of this. Surely Remus couldn't really think this. Remus was too sensible to think that extreme.
Lily turned around and faced to big head of Merlin in the front of the Dining hall. "What do you want?" Lily yelled at the head and walked out.
(Thanks for your reviews. Sorry this took so long, I have a lot of test coming up, so I need to study, even though I'd rather do this! Will Remus tell James what he thinks he knows? How will Petunia and Vernon react to Freddy and Lily knowing each other? Please Review!!)
